Wind chime
The 35-Inch Woven Hat Bamboo Wind Chime is made from natural material and has an organic-inspired style that will look beautiful in any outdoor setting. This elegant chime features hand-tuned, hand-carved bamboo tubes that hang from a 7-inch diameter "hat" made from hand-woven palm leaf. The hat is a replica of those worn by farmers throughout Southeast Asia. This chime is handmade in Bali and features a variety of tube lengths; each is repeatedly whittled and tapped to create the mellow, resonant sound typical of bamboo chimes. The tubes are varnished for outdoor protection, but it is best to bring them indoors in severe winter weather. 35 inches in length.
About Asli Arts
From Discarded Lawn Chairs to Carnegie Hall: The History of Woodstock Chimes
A lucky find
A trip to the landfill proved very inspirational for Woodstock Chimes® founder and CEO Garry Kvistad. While teaching at Northern Illinois University in the early 1970s, Kvistad had the opportunity to enroll in a course that taught techniques for making instruments. Not having a budget for his new hobby, he took a trip to the local landfill and hunted for scraps that he could craft into instruments. He discovered a pile of discarded lawn chairs and used their aluminum tubes to create his first metallophone, a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but made with metal instead of wood.
Cultivated creativity
After playing the metallophone on tour for a while, Kvistad began wondering what other types of instruments he could create, particularly ones more people could play or enjoy regardless of their musical training. In 1979, his fascination with the Scale of Olympos - a 7th century B.C. Greek pentatonic scale modern pianos can't play - prompted him to craft a wind chime out of aluminum lawn chair tubes that could play the notes of that scale. He cut and tuned the tubes to match the exact frequency of the scale. This experiment laid the foundation of the just intonation tuning process he would employ when making wind chimes in the future.
Success that sticks
The Chimes of Olympos® attracted a fair amount of interest when Kvistad exhibited it at the Cincinnati Craft Fair. When friends and acquaintances continued asking for his hand-made wind chimes, professional musician Kvistad shifted his focus from building and tuning percussion instruments for other musicians to making wind chimes out of his home. He continually cleaned out the local hardware store's supply of 1-inch aluminum tubes to respond to the growing demand for these beautiful-sounding chimes.
Appreciation for Kvistad's precision-tuned wind chimes spread, and he was featured on NPR's All Things Considered in early 1980, followed by an appearance on the Today Show in 1983. By the late 1980s, Woodstock Chimes were being sold in all 50 states and distributed internationally. Two custom sets of Woodstock Chimes were commissioned for a special performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra commemorating the 100th anniversary of Carnegie Hall in 1990. Woodstock Chimes moved into its current 108,000-square-foot facility in Shokan, N.Y., in 1999. What started as a trip to the landfill and a creative experiment had grown into a major success story for the field of music.
Woodstock Chimes today
Today, Woodstock Percussion Wind Chimes are available in over 50 different styles, many of which are tuned to scales or melodies from various musical cultures. Woodstock Chimes are precision-tuned using a sophisticated computerized tuning process in order to achieve supreme tonal quality. The frequencies at which the different tubes vibrate are integrally related, thus producing the purest musical intervals. This unique tuning process sets Woodstock Chimes apart from other wind chimes in the industry and is one reason why Woodstock Chimes continue to be best sellers. From the first Chimes of Olympos, to those made today, Woodstock Chimes ring with a tonal purity you can appreciate the first time you hear them, and every time thereafter.
Material
Bamboo
Wood
Bamboo
Style
Tubular Chimes
Brand
Asli Arts
Length (in.)
35
Caring for your Bamboo Windchime
All Asli Arts bamboo windchimes are made using natural and sustainable products such as bamboo and coconut shell. Each is hand-carved and hand-tuned by artisans in Bali or Vietnam. With proper care, your Asli Arts bamboo chime will typically last from 3-4 years when hung outside.
To extend the life of your chime:
We have taken a number of precautions to ensure our Asli Arts bamboo chimes are the highest quality bamboo chime in the marketplace. Our manufacturers produce only for us, allowing us to ensure a high standard of quality control. In addition, our manufacturers harvest their bamboo only during the best time of year and properly dry the bamboo before making the chimes, both of which reduce the risk of cracks in the bamboo. Finally, all Asli Arts chimes are inspected before they leave our U.S. warehouse.
Bamboo is sensitive to humidity and sudden temperature changes. Despite all our precautions, infrequently, cracks in bamboo occur as the bamboo expands and contracts in reaction to climate changes. Hairline cracks are not of concern; they are normal to bamboo and will not affect the sound of your chimes. What's more, hairline cracks generally do not develop into larger cracks.
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Quality and sound better than expected
I love the sound of Bamboo wind chimes. About 7 years ago we bought 1 for each side of our long porch. They held up well until this year. I found your web site...Read complete review
I love the sound of Bamboo wind chimes. About 7 years ago we bought 1 for each side of our long porch. They held up well until this year. I found your web site and found I could 2 at a discount so I ordered them [...]These are built much better than what we had. I expect this pair to out last the old ones by a long shot. The sound that comes from these are just heavenly, so now we enjoy sitting on the porch and deck again. I would recomend this unit to everyone and I will be buying from you again.
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Do not purchase waste of money
I purchased a bamboo chime in the bahamas and it got destroyed with the past hurricane. I wanted that same effect from your product soothing beautiful chime and your bamboo chime does not chime with...Read complete review
I purchased a bamboo chime in the bahamas and it got destroyed with the past hurricane. I wanted that same effect from your product soothing beautiful chime and your bamboo chime does not chime with the wind at all.I live on the water and I am very disappointed in the product
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Comments about Asli Arts 35 Inch Woven Hat Wind Chime:
This is nice wind chime with a natural look. The bamboo gives off a warm tone in the breeze. I'm on the fence for its ruggedness and will reserve judgement until the summer has passed.
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Ordered these wind chimes after searching on different websites, and then came across these. Well am just delighted to have these chimes. They so beautiful, well made and melodious. Go for it people, it's a perfect buy. Thank you Hayneedle! :) :)
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Bought as a gift, now thinking I will order for myself.
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Comments about Asli Arts 35 Inch Woven Hat Wind Chime:
These windchimes are very well made. I also appreciate the instructions telling us to varnish the wood and keep the chimes out of the sun. This is one item that will keep away evil spirits. Very pleasant when put next to metal and glass chimes. The sound is symphonic.
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Purchased to give as a Christmas present. Was so pleased with the purchase that we ordered additional wind chimes, including one for ourselves.
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